I’m a streaky putter. I can make a bunch and then miss a bunch. A new training aid in my basement, the Vari-Break Putting Green, should help me become a more consistent putter. The new putting mat will be put to good use this winter. Its uniq… more »

It seems like I’ve seen the book “Golf’s Ultimate Eighteen” before. Just last year, David Wood released “Golf’s Dream 18s,” where the author takes the world’s best golf holes and creates several fantasy courses (check out the review here). Author… more »

“How about that oil?”That was the first thing out of Rich Gehr‘s mouth as we met inside the pro shop at Craft Farms Golf Resort in Gulf Shores, Alabama.Later that night, the manager at the Hangout, an ultra-cool joint right on the Gulf of Mexico… more »

I didn’t just test the new Sunice Superlite Pullover. I trashed it as best I could – playing golf in a monsoon at Ballyliffin, hurricane force winds at RosaPenna and ferocious 5-minute squalls at Portsalon. I survived all these raging storms during a… more »

It’s hard to be a fan of the Detroit Lions and the Miami Dolphins these days. They just don’t win enough games. The days of Dan Marino and Bobby Lane are long gone for these two struggling franchises. I still proudly show my loyalty to both teams, th… more »

I feel like I finally have the proof to win the debate that yes, umbrellas must be packed on golf trips to Ireland and Scotland. The unfortunate side effect was I had to suffer through several ferocious storms last week along the northern coast of Ir… more »

The buzz about Bandon Dunes Golf Resort just never seems to go away. This June the resort on the southern Oregon coast just opened its fourth course, the Old Macdonald by Tom Doak, to complement the three other nationally ranked designs, Bandon Dunes… more »

I haven’t read poetry in years. Call me uneducated or uncultured, but I’ll bet I’m not unlike most – if not all – of the readers of this blog. We spend our time reading Ben Hogan and playing like Ben Stiller, not diving into Shakespeare. So consider… more »

Want to be the hit of your golf outing? Try wearing a FlairHair Visor, the wacky golf visor that features spiked hair coming out the top. A bald-headed buddy of mine wore his blonde FlairHair visor to a pro-am in northern Michigan just as a joke,… more »

Golf doesn’t have enough characters these days, so author Steve Eubanks did us all a favor by unearthing one. His latest book, To Win and Die in Dixie, looks at the wild times and untimely death of J. Douglas Edgar, a Brit who coached Bobby Jones and… more »

The days of reckoning have come for the Chambers Bay Golf Club. The celebrated Robert Trent Jones Jr. course, set on the shores of the Puget Sound near Tacoma, Wash., will host the 110th U.S. Amateur Aug. 23-29. Many believe the Amateur is merely… more »

We've already blown out the coverage for the very cool Champions for Change charity shootout at The Golf Club of Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Worldgolf.com writer Brandon Tucker blogged about it and produced a cool photo gallery, so I de… more »

After spending the weekend hanging out with the No. 1 golf instructor in the world, I can’t image a more accommodating, hilarious, fun-loving and laidback host for a celebrity pro-am than Butch Harmon. Harmon charmed the 80 or so lucky golfers who si… more »

Anybody who thinks golf is a lame sport to play or that golf is in a downturn just needs to look at events like the "Golf for a Song" fundraiser in the Wisconsin Dells. The annual Golf for a Song fundraiser, set at the Kalahari Resort's Trappers Turn… more »

Every guest has their “Sahalee” moment. You can’t play the Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish near Seattle without having a nightmarish encounter with some tall tree. It’s like playing the Old Course at St. Andrews without hitting into a bunker. It’s… more »

Jason Scott Deegan has reviewed more than 400 courses and golf destinations for some of the industry's biggest publications. His work has been honored by the Golf Writer's Association of America and the Michigan Press Association. His favorite golf destination is Ireland, but a close second is his home state of Michigan, where he lives with his wife and two children.

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